Unexpected Fun … June 9th 2014
Our friends Ann and Ken Coleman got in touch a couple of
days ago. They were planning a trip to
Maine with Ken’s sister who is visiting from the UK. On their way to Bar Harbor today, they
stopped by at Sebasco Harbor Resort. The
pub provided a lovely lunch with a great view over the mooring field. It was great to see Ann and Ken and to meet
Brenda. After lunch we persuaded them to
come out to the boat in the dinghy. It
was fun to show them the boat. Sadly,
they didn’t feel they had time to go out for a sail, not with a further three
hours of driving. That was the high
point of the day.
Much of the rest of that day was spent trying to track down
the origin of a squeak in the boat’s steering.
Having emptied the large lazarette, Mike climbed in to gain access to
the steering mechanism. He detached the
auto-pilot and was able to determine that the squeak is in the steering
itself. Much consulting of ‘sailing
gurus’ on the web got us quite depressed about what the origins of the noise
might be. A phone call to Morris Yachts
got us forwarded to the correct person, alas, he was not at his desk. We are still hoping for some enlightenment
from that quarter. For now, the squeak
goes on….
Tomorrow will be the first day of our official
schedule. As this is a quiet week at the
resort, we aren’t expecting too much.
The busy time at the resort starts the week of June 23rd
(once schools are out). Meanwhile, we’ve
been visiting various locations to drop off brochures—the spa, the pro-shop and
the gift shop. This has allowed us to
meet some of the staff. One idea is to
take a few staffers out on short trips to give them a sense of how great a
sailing trip could be. It might also
give us some idea of what a six person charter might be like!
Gloria
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